Microsoft Azure SolutionsWindows Azure is a Microsoft Cloud Computing Platform offering to help its customers realize the benefits of cloud computing. Azure provides a range of functionality to build applications that span the consumer Web to enterprise scenarios. With Azure, applications can be developed and hosted either at the client site or in the cloud. Windows Azure supports multiple languages and integrates with your current environment. Developers can use their existing Microsoft Visual Studio expertise to build applications, and Windows Azure supports popular standards and languages including SOAP, REST, XML, Java, PHP, and Ruby.

It allows developers to create and run applications, manage environments, and store data on servers owned and operated by Microsoft. Windows Azure provides the on-demand computing and storage necessary to manage, host, and scale web applications.

Deploy anywhere with your choice of tools

Choose how you deploy Azure—connecting cloud and on-premises with hybrid cloud capabilities and using open source technologies—for maximum portability and value from your existing investments.

Build your apps, your way
Use the tools and open source technologies you already know and trust, because Azure supports a broad selection of operating systems, programming languages, frameworks, databases, and devices.

Extend on-premises data and apps
Take the investment you’ve made in open source technology, data, or apps, and extend it to the cloud. Seamless hybrid cloud capabilities in Azure span infrastructure, data, user identity, apps, and management.

Deploy the cloud on-premises
Bring Azure capabilities to your datacenter with Azure Stack. Leverage the Azure portal, PowerShell, and DevOps tools experience and app model across the cloud and on-premises.

Protect your business with the most trusted cloud

Ninety percent of Fortune 500 companies trust the Microsoft Cloud, and so can you. Azure helps protect your assets through a rigorous methodology and focus on security, privacy, compliance, and transparency.

Achieve global scale, in local regions
Extend your global reach with the cloud service that offers more countries and regions than any other provider. Azure runs on a worldwide network of Microsoft-managed datacenters across 38 announced regions.

Detect and mitigate threats
Get a central view of all your Azure resources. Azure Security Center helps you prevent, detect, and respond to threats with increased visibility and control over the security of all your Azure resources.

Rely on the most trusted cloud
Trust the cloud that offers the most comprehensive compliance coverage with 50 compliance offerings. Azure has been recognized as the most trusted cloud for U.S. government institutions, including a FedRAMP High authorization that covers 18 Azure services.

Accelerate app innovation

Build simple to complex projects within a consistent portal experience using deeply-integrated cloud services, so you can rapidly develop, deploy, and manage your apps.

Build apps quickly and easily
Whether you’re building internet-scale applications or simple mobile apps, develop and iterate faster and easier using the integrated tools, APIs, and analytics in Azure

Manage apps proactively
Use the Azure portal, Application Insights, and Operations Management Suite to gain insights that help you quickly monitor, iterate, and manage your apps and systems.

Deliver mobile apps seamlessly
Build mobile apps faster for any popular form factor and operating system using continuous development and DevOps tools such as Xamarin.

Power decisions and apps with insights

Uncover business insights with advanced analytics and data services for both traditional and new data sources. Detect anomalies, predict behaviors, and recommend actions for your business.

Add intelligence to your apps
Engage your customers in new and interesting ways using artificial intelligence capabilities. With Cognitive Services and the Bot Framework, create the kind of app interactions that feel natural and delight users.

Predict and respond proactively
Make smarter decisions, and uncover new possibilities from your structured, unstructured, and streaming Internet of Things data using predictive analytics services such as Machine Learning.

Support your strategy with any data
Draw insights from multiple data sources—including ERP and CRM systems, web, and big data—and integrate your apps with tools you use every day such as Power BI and Microsoft Excel.